Henrique Pinho graduated from the University of Lisbon, Portugal in Chemical Engineering, specializing in Biotechnology, Master’s Degree from the University of Lisbon in Business Administration (MBA), and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lisbon. Participated and coordinated research projects co-financed by EU and Portuguese grants. Professionally an assistant professor from 1999 to 2005 and Professor since 2005 at Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT), and currently is the Director of the IPT’s Engineering Department. Scientifically, he is the Head of the IPT’s Smart Cities Research Center (Ci2), developing research work in the fields of mass transfer phenomena, remote sensing, water quality monitoring, wastewater treatment, constructed wetlands, bioenergy, and circular economy.